Six landmines recovered from Saranda forest

Jamshedpur: Security personnel recovered six landmines during combing operation in Maoist-affected Saranda forest under Chotanagara police station in West Singhbhum district.

Superintendent of Police Pankaj Kamboj said the landmines, weighing between 15 and 20 kgs, were laid underneath a kucha road in the forest.

The explosives, found during combing operation in the forest on Thursday, were defused, he said.

Meanwhile, a Palamau report said an Area Commander of Jharkhand Prastuti Committee, an ultra outfit, was suspected to have sustained injury in an encounter with the police late last night in Gurturi village of Palamau district.